Day 16:

July 16, 16 is a square, and a cube. 2 to the third power. So I wrote a Cubic. A similar form to 3X3 is the Cubic. The form can be Cubic 2, where there are 2 stanzas, with 2 lines, and each line is 2 syllables. The strict cubic forms even have rhymes. Some call the rhymed Cubic a Tetric. The Cubic 3 has everything in threes, while the Cubic 4 has everything in 4. A rare form is the Cube 1, which is a single syllable word. Some are even larger, like Cubic 5 or even 6. It is possible to modify the basic form to make it more interesting. It is different than a 3X3 which uses only a single phrase. The following is a rhymed Cubic 3 (or Tetric). 3 phrases, 3 lines, 3 syllables, aaa, bbb, cccc which could be called a Teric. Interestingly, Richard Pryor had a comedy routine where a poet used a Cubic 1 poem called “BLACK!”

Grandmother

Cherokee

Family

Yes, our tree

Grandmother

He sought her

Wedded, sure!

She married

Kids carried

And harried.